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Robert Washington Donnell, one of the first settlers of the Platte Purchase, was instrumental in organizing the Bank of the State of Missouri and securing St. Joseph's position as the eastern terminus of the Pony Express.

On April 1, 1846, Simeon Kemper obtained a United States government patent for one hundred sixty acres at $1.25 per acre. Four years later, Kemper took two partners, Israel Landis and Reuben Middleton, who paid him almost $200 per acre for their s…

[Numerous memorials tofallen officers, including]
Joseph H. KillionPatrolman - SJPDCrushed By A Train In TheLine of DutyDied June 14, 1917
Greater Love Hath No Man Than This,That a Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends

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